Office for iOS now lets you edit documents stored in iCloud and Box
It seems that the company Microsoft is unstoppable with its new strategy of bringing office tools to all users. If not long ago we learned about the new possibilities and options of the Office package, now it is releasing good news for iPhone users and iPad And the tools of Office offer support for Internet clouds or third-party storage systemOr what is the same: it allows users of iOS to store, retrieve and edit documents that they have saved in iCloud , at Box or any other similar service.
The news comes through the Office blog of the Microsoft , where they congratulate the new step they have taken on the platform iOS And it is not for less since it puts the office automation tools of this company as the most complete and capable before the rest of the scene, where Google Drive (which only allows you to store documents in its own service) was its main rival. So iPhone and iPad users can now edit or create and store text documents, spreadsheets, and slideshowsat any time and place, knowing that they can save the changes or access these files without having to download them to the terminal.
Technically called supporting third-party Internet storage applications In practice it is a convenience for users. And it is that those who own a Apple device are very likely to store their documents in iCloud , the Internet or cloud storage service of the Cupertino With this, through the Office applications , they can open a document stored there without having to take up space on the terminal. In addition, they can also create one and save it in that space, knowing that it is safe and accessible from any other device. Same as Box or any other such service that Microsoft now supports.
Microsoft already supported the Dropbox service last month , allowing to carry out these processes and safeguard the documents in a comfortable way. But it is quite a step to do it with more services and offer the same to more users through Apple In addition, it has confirmed that it is working on bringing these services as well to applications for the operating system Android and for applications for its upcoming platform Windows 10.
Along with this, Microsoft has also announced the work it is doing with these clouds to integrate its own applications in them In this way the user could open documents stored here and use their tools to edit them through the web All comfort for the user who has to work on these files at any time and place, from a computer
Support for applications and storage services is now available through the latest version of its applications for iOS, available free through the App Store.
